Replace elbow joint at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
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Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2,550.00 with NHC Advantage, Inc. vs $25,134.61 with Signature Advantage — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $2,550.00 | — |
| Apex Health | MCR | $2,550.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $2,706.00 | — |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $3,416.33 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $3,701.94 | — |
| Bright Health | HIX | $3,723.00 | — |
| Ambetter | Select | $4,526.00 | — |
| Ambetter | CORE | $4,707.00 | — |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $4,950.00 | — |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $5,078.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $6,070.00 | — |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $6,899.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $8,418.00 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $9,251.00 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $9,251.00 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $9,251.00 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $9,251.00 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $9,270.00 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $9,888.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $10,746.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $12,360.00 | — |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $14,000.00 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $15,000.00 | — |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $17,498.78 | — |
| Zing | MGMCR | $17,498.78 | — |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $20,680.37 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $20,879.22 | — |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $25,134.61 | — |
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Replace elbow joint at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $2,118.00 – $3,422.09 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $2,118.00 – $5,112.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $2,118.00 – $5,112.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $2,118.00 – $5,112.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | not published | $2,118.00 – $3,648.60 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $2,118.00 – $2,225.50 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | not published | $2,562.64 – $33,679.54 |
| HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER | HENDERSONVILLE | not published | $18,503.74 – $25,232.37 |